A New Jersey man won a $26 million award from a Manhattan developer after a 20-foot plunge through a hole on a construction site cost him a leg.

Sean Dowdell, 32, had 10 surgeries to try to save his limb, but doctors ultimately had to remove his right leg below the knee.

After a two-week trial, a six-person jury awarded Dowdell $6 million for past pain and suffering, $11 million for medical expenses, $3.4 million for lost earnings and $5.5 million for future pain and suffering.

The verdict was announced Friday in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Dowdell was directing a delivery of steel from a crane owned by developer TF Cornerstone in February 2012 at a Long Island City job.

He was on an elevated deck when he stepped onto a piece of plywood that was covering a hole. It splintered, and he fell through.

The judge overseeing the case noted in a pretrial ruling that Dowdell’s “horrific, gravity-related injury” was likely caused by the developer’s failure to follow its own safety rules.

Michael Pearsall, a lawyer for the developer, said his client planned to appeal.